Flycatcher



Aug. 7, 1923. 1,464,133"

A. S. HAWKIES FLYCATCHER Filed Nov. 15 1921 Patented Aug. 7, 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT SAMUEL HAWKES, F ROTOR-(TA, NEW ZEALAND.

FLYCATCHER.

Application filed November 15, 1921. Serial No. 515,367.

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Be it known that I, ALBERT SAMUEL HAwkEs, citizen of Dominion of New Zealand, residing at Bathgate House Roto-rua,

Provincial District of Auckland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flycatchers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for catcl1- l0 ing flies and its object is to provide for the aforesaid purpose an improved device that is not unsightly, can be hung out of the way, is seasily manipulated, and can b used over and over again.

According to the invention the device comprises a length of wire or rod provided with a hook or loop at its upper end and having a stop at its lower end.

On said wire or rod a container preferably of metal is slidable, the opening in the bottom of said container being completely closed when the latter is right down, by the stop on the lower end of the wire or rod so as to prevent leakage or escape of the contents of the container.

The container is filled with a sticky semifluid or other sticky substance, and has a plug preferably of wood with a metal plate attached, inserted in the top end. The wire and also through a second or cleaning plate provided with a handle and located above the container.

The cleaning plate is also adapted to be detachably secured to the plug by a screw or the like.

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying draw- 1ng:-

Figure 1 showing the device in sectional elevation and Figure 2 being a plan view thereof.

In the drawing 1 is the wire or rod which can be of any desired length and has a hook 2 at its upper end and a stop 3 at is lower end The container 4 slidable on the wire or rod 1 has a plug 5 inserted in its upper end, the plate 6 being permanently attached to said plug, while the upper or cleaning plate 7 is provided with a handle 8 and is detachably secured by a screw 9 to said plug.

or rod passes through said plug and plate The wire or rod 1 passes centrally through i the plates 6 and 7, plug 5 and the container bottom 10 the opening in which is closed when the container is right down the wire or rod 1, by the stop 3.

The openings in the plates 6 and 7, plug 5 and container bottom 10 ar sligthly larger than the wire or rod 1 in order to allow a film or coating of sticky semiliquid or other sticky material to be left on said wire or rod.

The sticky semi-liquid or other sticky material is placed in the container 4 to fill same before the plug 5 is inserted.

The container 4 is then slid one or more times up and down the wire or rod 1 to leave a film or thin coating of sticky semiliquid or other sticky material thereon, after which the container 4 is allowed to rest on the stop 3 at the bottom of the wire or rod 1 said stop fitting the opening in the container bottom 10 and preventing the escape of the contents of the container.

The flies settles on the wire or rod 1 and are caught by the sticky semi-liquid or other sticky material thereon.

To remov the dead flies the cleaning plate 7 is detached from the plug 5 by removing the screw 9 and passed. upand down the wire or rod 1 after which it is again secured on the plug 5 and the wire or rod 1 given another film or coating of sticky semi-liquid or other sticky material by passing the container 4 up and down same.

What I do claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is

A fly catching devic comprising a rod provided at one end with a stop and at its other end with a hook adapted to be used in suspending the rod, the lower surface of said rod merging into said stop to form a plug, an open topped container mounted on said rod and having its bottom provided with an aperture through which the rod extends, said plug being adapted to close the aperture when the container is supported by said stop, a removable plug for closing the open end of said receptacle, a plate fixed to the removable plug, an irremovable cleaning plate arranged above the first men tioned plate and having an aperture through which the rod extends, a handle for the cleaning plate extending beyond the periphery of the latter, and a removable pivot pin securing said cleaning plat to the removable plug to permit diametrically opposite edges of said cleaning plate to be swung towards or away from said rod.

ALBERT SAMUEL HAWKES.

Witnesses WILLIAM PINcHEs, MARY PILKINGTON. 

